infatuation
pronunciation
How to pronounce infatuation in British English:
UK [ ɪnˌfætʃuˈeɪʃn]
How to pronounce infatuation in American English:
US [ ɪnˌfætʃuˈeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration
- temporary love of an adolescent
- an object of extravagant short-lived passion
Word Origin
- infatuation (n.)
- 1640s, noun of action from infatuate, or else from French infatuation or directly from Late Latin infatuationem (nominative infatuatio), from past participle stem of infatuare.
Example
- 1. Able to separate true love from transitory infatuation .
- 2. Anthropologists say the short-lived infatuation of the passion stage is merely mother nature 's way of ensuring the survival of the species .
- 3. This is not a recent infatuation .
- 4. Britain 's new labour government led the world in its infatuation with consultants .
- 5. Relationships that are based on attraction alone are usually more about fun and infatuation than real love .